Trousers.



l. L. MORRIS.

TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15. IBIB. 1,270,190.

Patented J 11116 18, 1918.

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TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 18, 1918.

Application filed January 15, 1918. v Serial No. 211,937.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC L. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of White Plains, in the county of Westchester and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Trousers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to wearing apparel, and its object is to providenew and improved trousers adapted to be comfortably worn without the useof suspenders or a separate belt.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a trousersbody having a front provided with flies and having a back of unbrokencontinuity, the front and back having side portions, of which the sideportions of the front overlie the side portions of the back therebyforming side slits, the front having openings at the flies and the frontterminating at the sides in back straps connected with each otherexteriorly at the back of the trousers, the sides of the backterminating in front straps passing through the said openings in theflies and extending exteriorly across the same, and a fastening devicedetachably connecting the ends of the said front straps with each other.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indicate correspondin parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a ront perspective view of the trouser as applied;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the trousers.

The trousers in its general construction consists of a body 10 and legs11, and the said body is provided at the sides with slits 12 therebyproviding a front 13 and a back 14, of which the latter is of unbrokencontinuity. The said front 13 is provided with flies 15 and 16 adaptedto be opened and closed in the usual manner.

The sides of the front 13 overlie the sides of the back 14 at the slits12, and the sides ofthe front 13 terminate in back straps 20 and 21extending across the back 14 and connected with each other at their endsby a buckle or other suitable fastening device 22 located at the medianline of the back 14. The back straps 20 and 21 pass through guide loops23, 24 attached exteriorly to the back at opposite sides of the medianline of the back, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The sides ofthe back 14 terminate in front straps 30 and 31 which extend along theinner side of the body 10 to finally pass through openings 32, 33 formedin the flies 15 and 16. By the arrangement described, the front ends ofthe front straps 30 and 31 extend on the outside of the front 13, andthe terminals of the front straps 30 and 31 are provided with afastening device 34 de tachably connecting the terminals of the frontstraps with each other. By reference to Fig. 1 it will be noticed thatthe front ends of the straps 30 and 31 and the fastening device 34extend exteriorly across the flies 15 and 16. i

From the foregoing it will be seen that the back straps 20 and 21overlie the back 14 exteriorly, and thus form a belt for the back 14,while the front straps 30 and 31 form a belt for the front 13 of thetrousers, thereby securely holding the trousers in position on the bodyof the wearer without the use of a suspender or a separate belt.

It is understood that by the use of the connecting device 22 the backstraps 20 and 21 may be adjusted to suit the wearers body, and in a likemanner the front straps 30 and 31 can be adjusted and detachablyconnected with each other by the fastening device 34 to snugly fit thebody 10 of the trousers on the body of the wearer.

By constructing the trousers in the manner described the same size oftrousers can be adjusted at the waist to suit different sized waists andhence a manufacturer need manufacture but two or three sizes to fit thevarious sizes of customers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. As an article of manufacture, trousers provided atthe front with flies and having a back of unbroken continuity, the frontand back having side portions, of which the side portions of the frontoverlie the side portions of the back thereby forming side slits, thefront having openings at the flies, the front terminating in back strapsconnected with each other at the back of the trousers, the sides of theback terminating in front straps passing through the said openings inthe flies and extending exteriorly across the same, and a fasteningdevice detachably connecting the ends of the said front with each other.

2. As an article of:n1anufacture,,trousers provided at the front withflies and having 5 a back of unbroken continuity, the front and backhaving side portions of which the side portions of the front overliethe-sidepor tions of the back thereby forming side slits, the fronthaving openings at the flies, the

10 front terminating in back strapsaconnected Copiesot this patent mayobtained for witheach other at the baekof the" trousers, the back havingexterior guiding loops through; which .extendlthe said back straps, thesides of the back terminating in front -s-traps passing through the saidopenings in the flies and extending exteriorly across the-same, and afastening device detachably connecting the eendsv of the said frontstraps with each other.

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